Insulator-supporting bracket for electric wires



(No Model.)

0. NBBLETT.

INSULAIOR SUPPORTING BRACKET FOR ELECTRIC WIRES.

No. 303,877. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

Unrrnn Sra'rns Parent Orricno CHARLES NEBLETT, OF CINCINNATI, OI'IIO.

lNSULATOR-SUPPORTING BRACKET FOR ELECTRIC WIRES.

'J'PLCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,877, dated August 19, 1884.

Application filed January 30, 1584.

(N model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, Gi-mnLns NEBLETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IllSlllalZOP-SllpPOftlllf; Brackets for Electric \Vires, of which the i'el lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in insulator-Sn pportin g brackets for telegraph or other electric wires, designed for use more particularly in connection with lines running over buildings.

My invention consists, in the first part, in the provision of a horizontal arm having one of its ends upturned to form a standard upon which the insulator is secured, and at its other end provided with perforated arms or straps which are pivotally attached thereto, so as to adapt the device to be secured upon the corner of a chimney, or against the ilat face thereof, or upon any angular, flat, or other portion of a building.

My invention further consists in providing, in connection with the insulator-supporting inclined brace-rod, which brace is secured to the horizontal arm at its upper end, and to the corner of the chimney or other structure at its lower end.

Heretofore the insulator-supports in gen which insulator A is mounted. In the drawings I have shown the standard B screwthreaded to receive the internally screwthreaded insulator A, this being the form of construction I prefer to use.

O is a horizontal arm, having one of its ends upturned into a Stitllditltlfllill, I). Arm D is also preferably screw-threaded,as shown,to receive the internallyscrew-threaded standard B, and support it thereon.

6 represents another upturned end of arm G, having an eye or perforation, a, through which a nail or screw may be passed to secure the arm firmly upon the chimney or other place of attachment.

E E are straps or arms pivotally scoured at one of their ends to the under side of the arm G,adjaccnt the upturned end 0. These straps are bent into the shape shown in the drawings, so that their flat sides will come next and lie closely to the face of the object to which they are to be secured. The adjustment of straps E E to or from each other permits the attachment of the device upon the corner of a structure whose sides may be at any angle to each arm and its pivotal strap-attaching arms, an 1 other within the scope of movement of said straps. These straps may also be arranged in a straight line with each other, so that the de vice may be secured upon the flat face of a structure.

As I prefer to make straps E E of wrought eral use were composcdof astandard mounted iron, it is obvious that they may be bent into on legs which were attached to the roof of a building by driving nails into the shingles or iron, as the case may be. These nails caused the roofs to leak, and damage to the building was the result. To overcome this objection, particularly, and to produce a firm, economical, and sightl y device are the objects of my invention.

Other features of my invention will befully set forth in the following description, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an insulator-supporting bracket in its preferred form and embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation of the same.

A represents the insulator, which may be made of anysuitable construction or material.

B represents the wooden standard, upon shape to lit upon a curved or round structure, as well as upon an angular or flat one.

c c c are perforations made in the straps E E, the perforation a being made in the strap E at a point slightly above that of perforation c in strap E, so that the fastening-nails inserted therein may pass each other when the device is attached to a corner.

l customary and most convenient place, aslight portion of the corner edge ofthebricks, against which the upturned end a of arm 0 and end f l of brace F come in contact, should be chipped F represents an inclined brace attached at off or cut away, so that the device can be firmly secured thereon. The perforations in the straps E E, upturned end 0, and brace F are so arranged that they will come opposite the mortar between the bricks, thus providing a place into which the attaching-nails may be driven.

'It is obvious that the upturned end 0 of arm 0 could be dispensed with, and the device attached in place, but not so firmly, as the said upturned end effectually obviates any vertical play of the bracket.

I clain1 I 1. In an insulatorsupportfor electric wires, the combination, with the arm 0, having an upturned end or standard D, upon which the insulator is mounted, of hinged straps or arms CHARLES NEBLETT. Wi tnesses:

G. R. TALBOTT, JNO. E. JONES. 

